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Australia Uses New Technology to Catch Drivers on Phones An Australian state is trying to stop people from using their phones while driving by putting new Mobile Phone Detection Cameras on its roads. Road safety experts are concerned about the growing number of accidents involving drivers using phones on New South Wales roads. New South Wales Roads Minister Andrew Constance believes using a phone while driving is as dangerous as driving drunk. The government of New South Wales plans to have 45 Mobile Phone Detection Cameras across the state by December 2019. Each device has two cameras, one which looks into the car and can see what drivers are doing with their hands, and one that can see cars' registration plates. Officials say the new cameras could prevent 100 fatal and serious injuries over five years. A six-month test using just two of the devices this year checked 8.5 million vehicles and found more than 100,000 drivers with their hands on the phones. One driver was cau

US Actress Gets 14 Days for College Scam On September 13, Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman was given 14 days in prison for paying $15,000 to raise the score on her daughter's college entrance exam. "I was frightened, I was stupid, and I was so wrong," Huffman, 56, said as she became the first parent to get prison time in a college admissions scandal that has involved many rich parents. A total of 51 people have been charged in the scam. Prosecutors said parents paid to change test scores or paid coaches to get their children into top schools by having them recruited as athletes for sports they didn't even play. At the center of the scam is William "Rick" Singer, who paid a test proctor to correct the answers on Huffman's daughter's exam. Some parents are accused of paying up to $500,000 for Singer's help. Authorities said Huffman's daughter Sophia got an exam result that was 400 points higher than her score on a practice exam.